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when amazon.com began to collect sales tax. there was not a rush of customers from amazon to the main street. reason? >> they do not buy online to avoid sales tax, they buy online for lower prices, choices and convenience. the internet is here to stay. and businesses turn to the internet to reach customers. those are the ones that will run head long into the border less world that david talks about. now it's without borders for the tax department. >> address the constitutional portions that it brings up? >> the supreme court said in 1992, a time we were talking about catalogs. that that time, state laws were too complex for everyone. guess what? we are in a different day and age, everyone knows electronic commerce, the internet is here to take. it's robust and what you have now is because congress has not acted you are giving a subsidy to online retailer that is not needed. what we need to do is treat everyone the same. if you have customers in a state with a sales tax, you should collect and remit. >> steve, you got the first
when amazon.com began to collect sales tax. there was not a rush of customers from amazon to the main street. reason? >> they do not buy online to avoid sales tax, they buy online for lower prices, choices and convenience. the internet is here to stay. and businesses turn to the internet to reach customers. those are the ones that will run head long into the border less world that david talks about. now it's without borders for the tax department. >> address the constitutional...
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that if they are here, we have to think through with them as we did with our change in our payroll tax eliminating that to a gross receipts tax but doing it in a way that every industry of our city, is entitiled diswietd to come in and tell us how do they make mundo they make sure in this transition we do it by not hurting any of the industries healthcare, commercial real estate and financial and we solve a lot of problems through that collaboration and so i think by having good pollcies and tight communications with our business community and supporting them when they do create jobs with good idea for them and exciting the employ
that if they are here, we have to think through with them as we did with our change in our payroll tax eliminating that to a gross receipts tax but doing it in a way that every industry of our city, is entitiled diswietd to come in and tell us how do they make mundo they make sure in this transition we do it by not hurting any of the industries healthcare, commercial real estate and financial and we solve a lot of problems through that collaboration and so i think by having good pollcies and...
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in fact, when we signaled from our technology company that is they were telling us that our payroll tax was a job-killing effort here that we had to change it. what we went ahead and fixed and it and got it done and after the dishandling of the redevelopment towards find a lasting solution to fund affordable house and is did that with the creation of affordable housing fund 30 million-dollar a year for the next 30 years to build affordable housings and to insentive eyes builders to get more housing on their sites and and invite police and firefighters into an emergency responders commute in san francisco to hmm with the down payments of the first too time home buyers efforts we were asked to vest? our neighborhood park and is streets and we did just that with our million dollar general obligation bond to build and construct more open space most importantly, we put san franciscans back to work and we have a growing economy and we have invested in our city. so the year of 20 if we will, was about getting everything done. and when we did that, we were complimented by an unemployment rate t
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dollars or what's taxed that's the simplest way to. lose no income tax. if you're paid in case. you're paid. the bridge. that's just an exchange a commodity for the use of my time and my skills. evelyn durant's child and he is sitting there overlooking all of his sheep hanging out in front of him said the i.r.s. the fella reserve the builder burks and see if. we are the nanny state now where we are being watched almost everywhere we go by security cameras and satellites and drones flying over us we've got our military now to some extent democracy out there to the rest the world and as long as we're sleeping we're just watching t.v. everything's going to be just fine there was a while they lose one of us and they don't really like to lose us but it's all collateral damage. now and. the people here believe very strongly in peace we're pacifists we are anti war. we believe at the same time though that very strong defense and being able to protect your life your liberty and your property is also very important so as we walk through you may see guns scattered across the field and the
dollars or what's taxed that's the simplest way to. lose no income tax. if you're paid in case. you're paid. the bridge. that's just an exchange a commodity for the use of my time and my skills. evelyn durant's child and he is sitting there overlooking all of his sheep hanging out in front of him said the i.r.s. the fella reserve the builder burks and see if. we are the nanny state now where we are being watched almost everywhere we go by security cameras and satellites and drones flying over...
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louisiana dodged a bullet when bobby gentel's tax plan went nowhere. but now he is advocating for teaching creationism in public schools. one of the reasons i would take him over kid president any daye. >> i have got no problem if a local school board says we want to teach your kids about creationism, that some people have these beliefs as well. i think teach them the best science, give them the tools where they can make up their own mind not only in science, but as you teach about other controversial issues whether it's global warming or climate change or these other issues what are we scared of? >> michael: you. that was bobby jindal advocating that schools teach creationism. in 2008, he signed the louisiana science education act which allows public school teachers to do just that. and thanks to a new law, millions in taxpayer dollars are going to teach this pseudo science. things like nessie, the loch ness monster was a dinosaur. a repeal failed, but that has not stopped them from fighting this good and necessary fight. joining me now is zack koppli
louisiana dodged a bullet when bobby gentel's tax plan went nowhere. but now he is advocating for teaching creationism in public schools. one of the reasons i would take him over kid president any daye. >> i have got no problem if a local school board says we want to teach your kids about creationism, that some people have these beliefs as well. i think teach them the best science, give them the tools where they can make up their own mind not only in science, but as you teach about other...
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>> we propose the past reform be done in overall tax reform in the overall tax reform is to fill a gap we have to get our fiscal house in order. $580 billion of additional revenue. the business pcs that should be done in the way we broaden the base and lower the rates so america can be more competitive. the overall tax package will have to raise revenue. >> we agree the first thing he said, which is lower rates, broaden the base and you don't specify how to pay to register base broadening to determine through tax reform. >> would've had a number of indicative provisions, that there'll have to be others in the business of broadening the base will require bipartisan consensus because each of the provisions we consider base broadening has zealous advocates saying they needed desperately. >> the point i'm trying to make a sum of it's been critical of our proposals to lower the rate. it sounds like you're basically do the same thing but on the corporate rate. the point is it's tough to do. a lot of zealous advocates to certain tax expenditures and we need to do this are brought face tax ref
>> we propose the past reform be done in overall tax reform in the overall tax reform is to fill a gap we have to get our fiscal house in order. $580 billion of additional revenue. the business pcs that should be done in the way we broaden the base and lower the rates so america can be more competitive. the overall tax package will have to raise revenue. >> we agree the first thing he said, which is lower rates, broaden the base and you don't specify how to pay to register base...
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it talks about the tax liability issue. i should have referred to pages bill. 69 of the the standard is ambiguous as to the backould trigger tax liability. i have given a citation error. the standard would give you discretion to identify what documentation that would have to prove to show they had fulfilled their obligation to pay any back taxes. i wanted to talk about another provision. this one is on page 63 of the bill. it deals with who is eligible for rpi status. thoseves eligibility for who have received orders of deportation but have absconded, meaning they fled after having been ordered deported, or they had returned to the united states following an order of deportation after which they return to their home country or another country. i am concerned about this that this might reward condon that seems to be in clear violation of a court order. policy?gree with this >> right. i have read the bill but not pages.not memorize the a provision inis the sense that if somebody has been removed from the country and it would
it talks about the tax liability issue. i should have referred to pages bill. 69 of the the standard is ambiguous as to the backould trigger tax liability. i have given a citation error. the standard would give you discretion to identify what documentation that would have to prove to show they had fulfilled their obligation to pay any back taxes. i wanted to talk about another provision. this one is on page 63 of the bill. it deals with who is eligible for rpi status. thoseves eligibility for...
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you know, taxes are changing, payroll taxes, income taxes, sequestration. and there was a little bit of a pause. but then we saw us get out of that and i think they're still confidence-rich -- confidence-poor -- confidence-r. >> i lov that phrase, and i have gave you credit of late. military, i've never seen a company more aggressively try to hire people from the military. and the other thing is, i didn't know you did so much business with the military, and that's been tough now because of sequester. >> sure, sure. one of the things about snap-on, for years we focused on auto repair. but what we've been doing lately is rolling the snap-on brand out of the garage to critical industries where the penalty for failure is high. >> aerospace. >> aerospace, military. one of the first places we went to is military. and we built a big business there. it's been down, but aerospace is coming up. aerospace and natural resources is what double digits in the quarter for us. i was just at an aerospace facility in indianapolis. 800 technicians, 800 technicians there. i was
you know, taxes are changing, payroll taxes, income taxes, sequestration. and there was a little bit of a pause. but then we saw us get out of that and i think they're still confidence-rich -- confidence-poor -- confidence-r. >> i lov that phrase, and i have gave you credit of late. military, i've never seen a company more aggressively try to hire people from the military. and the other thing is, i didn't know you did so much business with the military, and that's been tough now because...
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i would argue the tax code is probably not the place to do that the most effective way. host: let's go to york, pennsylvania, republican line. i had agood morning, relatively personal question for you. i see you are a keen observer of the oil industry considering the fact that fsil fuels are not all leave feeling our cars but giving a desolation to the environment, do you believe man will develop environmentally sound modes of transportation out of sheer will to be accountable as inhabitants of earth? host: i will give you the last comment. guest: that's a good question. there are multiple ways of thinking about this. some would argue that the government should support certain industries and drive that an ovation. others argue that should be a market-based mechanism whereby the most effective solution to some of these problems will be achieved when we are indeed in dire need of them and there is the financial and economic incentive to do so. i'm not sure where i come down on that. host: anthony costello, we appreciate you joining us today. guest: thank you for having me.
i would argue the tax code is probably not the place to do that the most effective way. host: let's go to york, pennsylvania, republican line. i had agood morning, relatively personal question for you. i see you are a keen observer of the oil industry considering the fact that fsil fuels are not all leave feeling our cars but giving a desolation to the environment, do you believe man will develop environmentally sound modes of transportation out of sheer will to be accountable as inhabitants of...
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dollars or what's taxed that's the simplest way to. no income tax if you're paid in case. you're paid. most of the bread. now that's just an exchange a commodity for the use of my time and my skills. serval under rothschild and he is sitting there overlooking all of his sheep hanging out in front of fema camps and the i.r.s. and fellow reserve the builder birds and see if. we are the nanny state now where we are being watched almost everywhere we go by security cameras and satellites and drones flying over us we've got our military now to extend democracy out there to the rest of the world and as long as we're sleeping we're just watching t.v. everything's going to be just fine there was a while they lose one of us and they don't really like to lose us but it's all collateral damage. now and. the people here believe very strongly in peace we're pacifists we are anti war. we believe at the same time though that very strong defense and being able to protect your life your liberty and your property is also very important so as we walk through you may see this scattered across
dollars or what's taxed that's the simplest way to. no income tax if you're paid in case. you're paid. most of the bread. now that's just an exchange a commodity for the use of my time and my skills. serval under rothschild and he is sitting there overlooking all of his sheep hanging out in front of fema camps and the i.r.s. and fellow reserve the builder birds and see if. we are the nanny state now where we are being watched almost everywhere we go by security cameras and satellites and drones...
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nevermind tax pain, but what gout tax gain? thank you to the tax man. cheryl: tax pain is easy to think of the irs, but coming up, how 24 agency employees scammed the government and taxpayers out of big bucks, and they did it under the boss' nose. that would be uncle sam. looking at the oil contracts before break. we are, again, blow $90 a barrel, 87.52 on oil. take a look at that. ♪ , and save your money. joe doesn't know it yet, but he'll work his way up from busser to waiter to chef bere opening a restaurant specializing in fish and game from the great northwest. he'll start investing early, he'll finde good people to help guide him, and he'll set money aside from his first day of work to his last, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. it's just common sense. trust your instincts to make the call. to treat my low testosterone, my doctor and i went with axiron, the only underarm low t treatment. axiron can restore t levels to normal in about 2 weeks in most men. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than
nevermind tax pain, but what gout tax gain? thank you to the tax man. cheryl: tax pain is easy to think of the irs, but coming up, how 24 agency employees scammed the government and taxpayers out of big bucks, and they did it under the boss' nose. that would be uncle sam. looking at the oil contracts before break. we are, again, blow $90 a barrel, 87.52 on oil. take a look at that. ♪ , and save your money. joe doesn't know it yet, but he'll work his way up from busser to waiter to chef bere...
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all workers pay payroll taxes into a trust fund. all employers pay the same payroll tax into that trust fund and out of that trust fund comes all of the spending or part a services primarily hospital insurance spending. the age i trust funds has exceeded revenue since 2007 and what that means it is the balance of the trust fund and the assets of the trust fund have been declining and they will be totally completed sometime in the middle of the next decade. since the trust fund can't borrow if the laws are changed medicare will be unable to pay full payments for charges in the age i trust fund. it will only be able to reimburse providers 85% of what they are charging. so clearly legislative action has to be made before that he either to raise taxes or slow the growth in spending or preferably a little bit of both. i my reckoning i have completed my assignment and rather than take a gold star as i said i want to have a couple of general observations. the first when we have discussiodiscussio ends like this we should make clear what ou
all workers pay payroll taxes into a trust fund. all employers pay the same payroll tax into that trust fund and out of that trust fund comes all of the spending or part a services primarily hospital insurance spending. the age i trust funds has exceeded revenue since 2007 and what that means it is the balance of the trust fund and the assets of the trust fund have been declining and they will be totally completed sometime in the middle of the next decade. since the trust fund can't borrow if...
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tax codes? currentreduce the rate tax rate from 35 percent down to 28% and reduce these tax breaks, the ones we have been talking about today. or expenditures, what ever you want to call them, in 2011, cost the u.s. government $1.10 trillion in forgone federal revenue. about 85% of that was for individual tax expenditures. these are things that we're familiar with -- the mortgage interest rate deduction or the donations.relatedchit only 20% of that or so was for corporate tax expenditures, some of which are the oil and gas company tax breaks. host: from twitter -- go to jackson, tenn. on our independent line. ofler: i have a couple comments and a question. the revenue the government is taking in is the lowest in six years. from this information cspan. the corporations -- it gets so tiresome hearing people talk about a high tax rate for corporations in the united states when, in effect, they are paying around 12% effective tax rate. of them pay no taxes. to the oil companies, a few moments ago, y
tax codes? currentreduce the rate tax rate from 35 percent down to 28% and reduce these tax breaks, the ones we have been talking about today. or expenditures, what ever you want to call them, in 2011, cost the u.s. government $1.10 trillion in forgone federal revenue. about 85% of that was for individual tax expenditures. these are things that we're familiar with -- the mortgage interest rate deduction or the donations.relatedchit only 20% of that or so was for corporate tax expenditures, some...
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next week on capitol hill also called a robin hood tax the act would create a sales tax on wall street which would provide hundreds of billions of dollars in new revenue for a nation every year prior to the bill's redirection on capitol hill more than one hundred forty organizations will take part in a robin hood tax campaign rally and march this saturday in our nation's capital joining me now to talk more about that rally and financial transaction tax is gene ross an acute care nurse and co president of national nurses united jean great to have you back with us thank you for being here glad to be here so tell us about the inclusive prosperity act what is this well it's a very very small financial transaction tax on buying and selling. the constant churning those taxes that are on those trades that are done over the computer on wall street and it's meant to bring in up to three hundred fifty billion dollars per year and yet out of money so how he says are very very small tax how small is that point five percent point half of one percent and yes we've had a similar attacks over the year
next week on capitol hill also called a robin hood tax the act would create a sales tax on wall street which would provide hundreds of billions of dollars in new revenue for a nation every year prior to the bill's redirection on capitol hill more than one hundred forty organizations will take part in a robin hood tax campaign rally and march this saturday in our nation's capital joining me now to talk more about that rally and financial transaction tax is gene ross an acute care nurse and co...
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the tax code during that time so you have told you no it's called progressive tax code no no no what reagan did is he minimize the. number of income levels so as we see turning from say seven down to five or so i was and still you only have a very telling mostly what he did as he took that he took that well actually was l.b.j. took the ninety four percent ninety one percent out of seventy four percent to close so many loopholes the billionaires actually paid more in taxes as kennedy promised in one thousand nine hundred eighty he's going to raise taxes on the rich although everybody on the right argues that he did so and here's the question if you blame reaganomics for that then the question then becomes what if there are two problems with that argument one is the fact that historically we've seen roughly eighteen percent of g.d.p. coming into the federal coffers we've done well it's varied between if you're talking about was i want to fight within the twentieth century has been within a year to twenty mins from softly so the key is right raising g.d.p. vs instead of focusing on tax
the tax code during that time so you have told you no it's called progressive tax code no no no what reagan did is he minimize the. number of income levels so as we see turning from say seven down to five or so i was and still you only have a very telling mostly what he did as he took that he took that well actually was l.b.j. took the ninety four percent ninety one percent out of seventy four percent to close so many loopholes the billionaires actually paid more in taxes as kennedy promised in...
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when banks support of members of congress from around the country so that it is not just this helps taxes or georgia or california, virginia. but you get to smaller states, too, to help win new friends on capitol hill. >> the list of the states and how much money they get for the f-35 and how many people are employed. california is number 1 with 27,000 jobs. not sure why texas has 41,000 with only $4.9 billion. you can see which states have the most jobs at of all this. the chairman of the armed services committee is from california. top 15.a almost 1000 jobs at least. georgia, indiana, michigan, utah, vermont, washington. lockheed martin would argued that it is only for official suppliers around the country. those who are critical would say they are actively trying to spread it around and there is no reason to do it other than to try to win political support. the bulk of the plane is built in texas and california. that is where the real work is being done. a benefit to having -- even a few dozen jobs in a small state, it is a way into trying to convince those members that this is a progr
when banks support of members of congress from around the country so that it is not just this helps taxes or georgia or california, virginia. but you get to smaller states, too, to help win new friends on capitol hill. >> the list of the states and how much money they get for the f-35 and how many people are employed. california is number 1 with 27,000 jobs. not sure why texas has 41,000 with only $4.9 billion. you can see which states have the most jobs at of all this. the chairman of...
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why drivers in california who go green are on track to receive tax incentives. ,, [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t. [ male announcer ] 's no secret that the price of things ju keeps going up. [ female announcer ] but we have some good news. it's our bundle price promise. [ male announcer ] a price you can definitely count on for two whole years. from at&t. call now for a new low price. u-verse triple play bundles start at $79 a month. get the same great price for two years. [ female announcer ] plus now get two times the internet speed than before. [ male announcer ] you get reliable high-speed internet on our advanced digital network. choose from several high-speed options. [ female announcer ] and with u-verse tv, you can record four shows at once on your total home dvr and play them back in any room. [ male announcer ] so call now. u-verse triple play bundles start at $79 a month. now get the same great price for two years. [ female announcer ] switch today and get a $150 promotion card, plus a total home dvr included for life. [ male announcer ] it's a tri
why drivers in california who go green are on track to receive tax incentives. ,, [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t. [ male announcer ] 's no secret that the price of things ju keeps going up. [ female announcer ] but we have some good news. it's our bundle price promise. [ male announcer ] a price you can definitely count on for two whole years. from at&t. call now for a new low price. u-verse triple play bundles start at $79 a month. get the same great price for...
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and often only kevin i went to will be with them all from that taxes it's maison i don't want is some fraud to weaken the united states before then it's breaking this is that. i reckon cardiologist dr omar our claims that the war in iraq destroyed iraq's environment even worse than dropping the bomb on hiroshima did dr ocoee see puts to data that the number of press cancer cases has grown in the country from fifteen to thirty times cases of congenital heart disease have become fifteen times more frequent case of leukemia have increased thirty fold the doctor puts the blame on the weapons used in the one thousand nine hundred one and two thousand and three invasions of iraq and which nato forces used white phosphorus depleted uranium rounds and other toxic gases and poison of substances human rights watch and the world health organization have measured radiation levels in iraq and consider many places in iraq even some very far from the fighting to be contaminated naturally radiation is not racist and foreign soldiers in iraq are not immune usa today even published research results tha
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a proposed sales tax would demand online retailers with sales of more than a million dollars to tax it shoppers. the move could generate between 12 to $23 billion a year. the national retail federation supports the bill. bay area-based ebay does not. its ceo emailed millions of users to ask them to fight the initiative. the senate began debating the bill yesterday. >>> passwords are supposed to be secret but it's flow secret a lot of people share passwords -- it's no secret a lot of people share passwords to watch programs. kpix 5 consumerwatch reporter julie watts on whether people who do it should worry. >> reporter: steven miller wants hbo. >> i'm a big bill maher fan. >> reporter: he just doesn't want everything that comes with it. >> you have to pay for comcast or dish, and you have to buy the basic programs of which contain so many things i don't want to watch, it's ridiculous. >> reporter: so he's come up with a workaround to watch his favorite show. he uses hbo go with a borrowed password. >> someone was kind enough to loan me their password and their id. >> reporter: and he is
a proposed sales tax would demand online retailers with sales of more than a million dollars to tax it shoppers. the move could generate between 12 to $23 billion a year. the national retail federation supports the bill. bay area-based ebay does not. its ceo emailed millions of users to ask them to fight the initiative. the senate began debating the bill yesterday. >>> passwords are supposed to be secret but it's flow secret a lot of people share passwords -- it's no secret a lot of...
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to tax. "varney & company" about to begin. > >> any politician gets 70 million votes is larger than you and me as much as i hate to admit. it look at the winning smile and trusting eyes and i made myself vital, after 22 years in congress, i can smell which way the wind is blowing. stuart: kevin spacey, we show you that clip why "house of cards" a hit show only showing on netflix and that's why the stock will soar from the opening bell. look at it up nearly 25% pre-market and offered a month free with "house of cards" as the bait and people liked it, big jump in subscribers, almost as many pay for netflix as h.b.o. that means streaming arrived. and apple likely be to be the stock of the day along with netflix and earnings later. tim cook, pressure on him. apple hasn't had a break through since he took over and the entire financial team is on scrutiny. four apple executives are among the top paid of all 500 top company ceo's, get between 68 and 85 million dollars a year. a lot more than tim coo
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next week on capitol hill also called a robin hood tax the act would create a sales tax on wall street which would provide hundreds of billions of dollars in new revenue for a nation every year prior to the bill's redirection on capitol hill more than one hundred forty organizations will take part in a robin hood tax campaign rally and march this saturday in our nation's capital joining me now to talk more about that rally and financial transaction tax is gene ross an acute care nurse and co president of national nurses united jean great to have you back with us thank you for being here glad to be here so tell us about the inclusive prosperity act what is this well it's a very very small financial transaction tax on buying and selling. the constant churning those taxes that are on those trades that are done over the computer on wall street and it's meant to bring in up to three hundred fifty billion dollars per year well yeah a lot of money so how he says are very very small tax how small is that point five percent. point half of one percent and yes we've had a similar attacks over the
next week on capitol hill also called a robin hood tax the act would create a sales tax on wall street which would provide hundreds of billions of dollars in new revenue for a nation every year prior to the bill's redirection on capitol hill more than one hundred forty organizations will take part in a robin hood tax campaign rally and march this saturday in our nation's capital joining me now to talk more about that rally and financial transaction tax is gene ross an acute care nurse and co...
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taxes, our corporate taxes. that's an unlevel playing field and the person that's disadvantaged is not the owner of the ford. the person that's disadvantaged is the employee at ford who needs to have that job. we used to have a ford line and a g.m. line in the city of atlanta, mr. speaker. they are both closed. they are both closed today because they couldn't make it work. werk bring those jobs back to america, mr. speaker. more importantly, we can prevent jobs from leaving america, not because we're making them stay, not because we're going to tax them if they leave but because we make america the magnet for job creation and economic activity across the planet. today, we're the worst, mr. speaker. tomorrow, we can bring ourselves back to the middle, but my question to the body today, mr. speaker, is, why don't we commit ourselves to making america the very best place to do business on the planet? we can continue to borrow money from the chinese if we want to, mr. speaker. we can continue to add burden to all of
taxes, our corporate taxes. that's an unlevel playing field and the person that's disadvantaged is not the owner of the ford. the person that's disadvantaged is the employee at ford who needs to have that job. we used to have a ford line and a g.m. line in the city of atlanta, mr. speaker. they are both closed. they are both closed today because they couldn't make it work. werk bring those jobs back to america, mr. speaker. more importantly, we can prevent jobs from leaving america, not because...
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says that the county used $345,000 in federal grant money to lobby legislators to support a tobacco tax increase. the county stated that this was its intent in its federal application. a new analysis of state government workers shows that 75 retired executives are working for the state. this despite the governor's order to remove all but the most critical retireys from the workforce. the retireys are earning between $45 to $75 an hour even as they're drawing their pensions. >> all three major bay area airports today say flights are running smoothly, the first day of the furloughs. there are what they call random delays on the east coast, but there was no way of telling if they were relate today staffing cut backs. air traffic controllers are set to be furloughed one day every other week. a legal challenge to the furloughs brought by pilots and an airline group is working its way through the courts. >>> it will be time to close the curtains for good after tonight's movie showings at an east bay movie house. >> reporter: ken, we're live in front of the theater tonight. we have been here f
says that the county used $345,000 in federal grant money to lobby legislators to support a tobacco tax increase. the county stated that this was its intent in its federal application. a new analysis of state government workers shows that 75 retired executives are working for the state. this despite the governor's order to remove all but the most critical retireys from the workforce. the retireys are earning between $45 to $75 an hour even as they're drawing their pensions. >> all three...
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. >> another developing story we are following this morning comes out of taxes or they're saying it is not clear how many people are trapped in the rubble after a fertilizer plant exploded late last night killing as many as 15 people and injuring 160 others. these are some of the latest aerial pictures that came in this morning, giving us our first glimpse of the bay light of some of the damage and destruction. it was a massive explosion. it started as a fire, the fertilizer plant fire got out of control. firefighters responded and attempted to put out that fire when the plant exploded. he saw the dramatic footage of the news group that was going there to do this to the scene to do a story on the fire. they captured the entire bank the blaze. the firefighters as though searching for survivors this morning. the mayor says some of the early responding firefighters that are right next to the building battling the blaze are still unaccounted for this morning. here is one witnesses said the explosion was so powerful, he was born across the room. >> i was exit pick up and thrown about 10 ft.
. >> another developing story we are following this morning comes out of taxes or they're saying it is not clear how many people are trapped in the rubble after a fertilizer plant exploded late last night killing as many as 15 people and injuring 160 others. these are some of the latest aerial pictures that came in this morning, giving us our first glimpse of the bay light of some of the damage and destruction. it was a massive explosion. it started as a fire, the fertilizer plant fire...
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and the president who accuse someone by the name of mitt romney of not paying his taxes. by golly, they get away with it. at some point here facts are going to begin to matter to the american people. your nose? maybe, maybe, just maybe we were right. now, when the president calls on citizens who want to preserve their constitutional rights and the nra lyres, i think we're getting pretty close to the point. i think if you try much harder, mr. president, we will get there. when things get crazy they get crazier. and elvis impersonator arrested. "dobbs law" next. disappointing economic reports and earnings driving the market's lower. a former ceo of the dnc, john allison's eyes this to tell us what it means. the gang of eight makes its pitch for emigration reforms. the secretary of state, chris go back tells us why it is just one big, bad idea. ♪ are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. @ you know it
and the president who accuse someone by the name of mitt romney of not paying his taxes. by golly, they get away with it. at some point here facts are going to begin to matter to the american people. your nose? maybe, maybe, just maybe we were right. now, when the president calls on citizens who want to preserve their constitutional rights and the nra lyres, i think we're getting pretty close to the point. i think if you try much harder, mr. president, we will get there. when things get crazy...
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is it the desire to lower taxes and cut regulations? when it's an economic argument, it's just hard tore point fingers, but they want us to not point fingers. they want us to forget about that. >> that's exactly right. it was a great who done it that was going on at the same time that this horrible tragedy was being played out across texas. because it was a who done it and involved terrorism it had dynamics that we just love. i mean, it really was as is suggested, a kind of movie of the week. having said that, i think your points are very, very good one. even in the vacuum of an empty newsweek i wonder if they really would have hung the responsibility for this fertilizer disaster on corporate america, and because this is an institutionalized, they're ignoring this on an institutional basis. 1985 is the last time this plant was inspected. that's reprehensible. cenk: we passed a bill about making sure miners had better safety. over 350 people a year died in mining accidents. now we've got to down to about 11 people a year. when they tell
is it the desire to lower taxes and cut regulations? when it's an economic argument, it's just hard tore point fingers, but they want us to not point fingers. they want us to forget about that. >> that's exactly right. it was a great who done it that was going on at the same time that this horrible tragedy was being played out across texas. because it was a who done it and involved terrorism it had dynamics that we just love. i mean, it really was as is suggested, a kind of movie of the...
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a devastating fertilizer factory explosion and taxes up to fifteen people are dead and over one hundred sixty i would is the massive blast like like to do a nuclear bomb leveled buildings four blocks in every direction. in what's become a dog a week before the united states in boston images are released which could show the suspect behind the marathon bombings while an envelope lays with top secure one cent is sent to president obama. live from moscow this is our team. right this hour will bring you the latest developments in the u.s. state of texas was a mess of blah says through a fertilizer plant police say up to fifteen people have been killed in a g.'s a hundred and sixty injured but emergency crews fear as many as seventy may have died. during the break i think we're getting here but the explosion had the force of a minor and quake and destroyed several buildings in suing blazers spread to two nearby apartment blocks and schools the fire has since been brought under control but several firefighters and a police officer feared to date officials have shut down policy applies and eva
a devastating fertilizer factory explosion and taxes up to fifteen people are dead and over one hundred sixty i would is the massive blast like like to do a nuclear bomb leveled buildings four blocks in every direction. in what's become a dog a week before the united states in boston images are released which could show the suspect behind the marathon bombings while an envelope lays with top secure one cent is sent to president obama. live from moscow this is our team. right this hour will...